Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 19/2014 02/10/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Iran; Summary executions; Torture; 09/02/2015 Alleged imminent execution of an Iranian national. According to the information received, on 1 October 2014, Mr. Seyyed Hossein Kazemeyni (Ayatollah) Boroujerdi, who was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in June 2007 on charges of “waging war against God” (Moharebeh) and acting against national security, was transferred to an unknown location by prison authorities for his imminent execution. Reportedly, his family was not informed of his transfer or the planned execution. Prior to the transfer, on 23 September 2014, the Prosecutor of the Special Clerical Court had allegedly threatened Mr. Boroujerdi with execution for the contents of his new book, which he considered heretical. It is further alleged that the threat of execution may also have been triggered by Mr. Boroujerdi’s open letter to the United Nations Secretary General published on 22 September 2014. Mr. Boroujerdi was the subject of a previous communication sent on 10 July 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. IRN 11/2013. NPL 5/2014 02/10/2014 Nepal AL Freedom of expression; Allegations of intimidation against several journalists of Nepal’s largest newspaper, Kantipur. According to the information received, on 26 August 2014, the Supreme Court ordered the publishers of Kantipur daily, Mr. Kailash Siroiha and Ms. Swastika Siroiha, its editor, Mr. Sudheer Sharma, and one of its reporters, Mr. Ghanshyam Khadka, to appear before the Court within seven days to record their statements on why they should not be convicted on contempt of court charges. This order was in response to two writ petitions following the publication of critical news reports on the judiciary, including on the appointment of Supreme Court Judges. Unusually, the Supreme Court instructed the court administration to file the contempt petition as a criminal case. Separately, in June 2014, the Minister of Law, Mr. Narahari Acharya, introduced a Contempt of Court Bill in the parliament. Concern is raised that the overly-broad scope of the Bill and its unclear language could lead to arbitrary interpretations limiting legitimate criticism against courts. A/HRC/28/85 89